"When will we have our first Latino superhero?" A question posed by Monica Castillo at the annual Film Critics Panel at @KeyWestFilmFestival. I'm still thinking on it. How have we never had a major Latinx superhero in our country?
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Thank you to #keywestfilmfestival for such an insightful panel with some of the top film critics on the planet, including fine folks from #rollingstone, the Miami Herald and New York Magazine!

RIP KIM PORTER
I just learned this morning that Actress/Model Kim Porter passed away this past Thursday in her home of Toluca Lake, CA (next to Burbank). Kim was the long time Girlfriend of Hip Hop/Music Mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and Mother to four children between them.
In April 2011, "The Rolling Stone Restaurant and Lounge" within the Hollywood and Highland Complex hired me to photograph the 13th Birthday of Christian Combs, their Son. "Diddy" had rented out the entire establishment for the celebration. It was quite a celebrity spectacle that also included young Noah Cyrus, Bella Thorne and Hip Hop Band, The rej3ctz gang
Having met Kim and Family that evening, I wanted to give a little tribute of my own to her today. She was extremely kind and sweet to me despite a club full of hundreds of kids and family members. I was hardly deserving of her attention. Yet she was the one who approached and introduced herself to me. While I was one of the few cameras allowed in the venue, she took it upon herself to approach and invite me to take a few photos and chat with her. I stayed after and even helped her and friends clean up.
She was my final impression of a spectacular evening! Naturally at age 13, Christian was busy with his friends-about 500 other teens. "Diddy" was in charge of it all so that left a grand opportunity to visit with Kim and her friends.
RIP Kim. To all who knew and loved her, I am so sorry for your loss. Special Thanks to Gilbert Nesbitt, Aaron West and Anthony West for inviting me to be a part of the Birthday celebration in their "Rolling Stone Restaurant and Lounge." Sadly, "RS/LA" closed February 27, 2013, but I did a ton of photographic work for them during their 2 years in business including their architectural interiors, brochures and other promotional images-many of which have ended up on countless critic websites and other promotional locations. I was also published at USMagazine.com and Hollyscoop.com for Christian's celebration.
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